The title is an allusion to the Chinese gambling game but the story is a treacherous journey with high stakes and a handsome reward. Three friends brave rugged terrain to escape hardship and persecution, surviving on foraged food and their meagre possessions – a pack of ciggies, the Little Red Book of Chairman Mao and three dices – all the while hounded by Red Guards on patrol. Loyalty, friendship and life are bet against a new beginning in the city where the streets are allegedly paved with gold. The odds are against them and the chance of survival is a row of the dice.
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Ip Sau Leung Director · Cheung Ho Ying Cinematographer Chu Hoi-ying Editor
First release November 23, 2012 · Produced in Hong Kong SAR China · Languages Cantonese, Chinese
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Fresh Wave
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Hong Kong Arts Development Council
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Hong Kong SAR China
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Original title
魚．蝦．蟹
Original language
Chinese
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Cantonese · Chinese
Release dates
Hong Kong SAR China · November 23, 2012
Premiere · 7th Fresh Wave International Short Film Festival
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